Drastic decadal decline of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa at Gran Canaria (eastern Atlantic): Interactions with the green algae Caulerpa prolifera

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Tuya, Fernando ^a   Hernandez Zerpa, Harue ^a   Espino, Fernando ^a   Haroun, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Caulerpa; Competition; Decadal trends; Decline; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECADAL VARIATION; GREEN ALGA; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEADOW; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; SHOOT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); CANARY ISLANDS; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA;

EID: 84873430367     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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